The Center for Disease Control estimates that 1 out of every 32 black women will be infected with HIV during her lifetime. Although black women represent only 14 percent of the US female population, they constitute 66 percent of all new HIV infections. The infection rates of black women in the United States rival those in the Congo and Kenya.

More than 70% of students involved in school-related arrests or cases referred to law enforcement were Hispanic or African-American. A report that will be released Education Department Tuesday raises questions on the severity of treatment minorities receive when facing disciplinary action. Black students are more than three times as likely as their white peers to be suspended or expelled.

A Miami-Dade college student has been accused of sending death threats to President Barack Obama on Facebook. Joaquin Amador Serrapio Jr, a Miami-Dade college student has been accused of sending death threats to President Barack Obama on Facebook.

A 15-year-old girl from Gallup, NM was subjected to public humiliation by Wingate Elementary school officials upon learning of her pregnancy. She was first kicked out of the school and later returned to have her pregnancy broadcasted in front of the entire student body by school officials in an assembly.

Wisconsin state senator Glenn Grothman (R-West Bend) appeared on Fox New Talk Radio with Alan Colmes to discuss his proposed Senate Bill 507, which would consider single parenthood to be a contributing factor to child abuse. Grothman blamed the government for “pushing the single parenthood lifestyle” and said they are doing it with all the “benefit programs, which primarily benefit single motherhood.”

The parents of a former special needs student at an Atlanta high school are suing the district and 15 Fulton County public school employees for $10.5 million for the death of their son Aaron Hatcher. The lawsuit alleges Aaron, who died last March, suffered abuse by middle school and high school teachers.

Gone are the days when employers would try to search their prospective job candidates on the Internet to find out more about them. Some employers, government agencies and colleges are now getting straight to the punch by asking their candidates for their Facebook password, according to MSNBC.

A video released last week is making its way around the Internet showing Libyan rebels horribly mistreating black Africans. These are the same Libyan Rebels that ousted Muammar Gaddafi and formed the Libya’s National Transitional Council.